Atomizer



. DE MAUBLANC arch 17, 1936.

ATOMIZER Filed Jan. 17, 1934 1 06 0 0 4 0 5 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Z 5 2 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Z \0 0 -0 --vgwg-gw0000 000 0000 000 0000000 000 0 0 000 0000 0 0 0 0 0000 000000 0 000000000 0 0 0000 00000 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0A 4 fi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 \n\0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '1. 0 0H00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 v. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000 0 0 V W\\ \\V\\ 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 \\\\x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0\A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0000 00 000 00000 00 m 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000 0 0000 m w 00 0n nn 0 0 0w0n 0 0u0w0 00 0 0000 000 0 00 0 00 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 wmwwwwwwwww0 wmwmwww wflww 000 0000 00 00 0 00 0 0,0 n w n u 0w 0 0 0u00 0 0000 0 000 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 x 0 v 4 Ii 8 S 0 1 Patented Mar. 17, 1936NlTD STATES PATENT OFFICE ATOMIZER Application January 17, 1934, SerialNo. 707,022

In France 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to toilet atomizers of the type wherein anatomizer head, which is fitted on to a bottle or like receptacle,comprises an atomizing orifice and an air blowing orifice.

In accordance with this invention, a plug is provided which may befitted into the air blowing orifice in such manner as to close ithermetically, the plug being provided with a rod-like extension, the endof which hermetically closes the atomizing orifice, interiorly of thelatter.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a constructionof atomizer which is particularly adapted to be used in connection withclosure means of the character described.

Other details and advantages of the invention will be evident from thedetailed description thereof hereinafter set forth, particular referencebeing had to the accompanying sheet of drawing, wherein:

Fig. l is a vertical axial sectional view through an atomizerconstructed according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of a plug, in accordance with theinvention;

Fig. 3 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing theplug of Fig. 2 inserted in place in the head of the atomizer of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several figures of drawing.

The atomizer, illustrated on the drawing, comprises a bottle or likereceptacle l, a ferrule 3 being sealed or otherwise securely fastened tothe bottle or receptacle neck. Atomizer head 4 is threadedly mounted onthe ferrule 3. Threaded into a central boss or extension 5 is a tubularmember 6, from the lower end of which a glass aspirating tube 7 depends.The upper end of the tubular member 8 fits into a central bore 8 of thehead 4, and is provided with an orifice 9 which opens into the upperportion of bore 8. A resilient annulus Ill is interposed between the topof the ferrule 3 and the bottom of head 4 in order to assure the airtight character of the joint between these- 0 small atomizing orificel2, and opens at the other side of the head into an annular channel [3.The blower tube I4 is threaded at IS, on this side, into bore H, andextends inwardly to a point adjacent orifice l2, terminating oppositethe latter in a corresponding orifice l6. Orifice June 9, 1933 I6 isformed in an end piece l1 which is threaded into the end of tube I4.

Head 4 further comprises an air aspirating channel [8, one end of whichopens'into the bottom of the head, at l9, while the other end opens intothe bottom of channel l3, at 20.

Air is supplied to the atomizer by means of a pear-shaped bulb 2|, theoutlet or opening of which is clamped in the bottom of a fitting 22 bymeans of clamping nut means 23. The latter is screwed onto a threadedhollow central pin 24 which extends downwardly across the fitting 22.The central bore 25 of pin 24 communicates, through a lateral orifice 26and an aligned orifice 21 in the fitting, with a lateral tapped bore 28,into which the outer end of the tube is threaded.

The atomizer operates in substantially conventional manner, and adetailed description of the mode of operation is therefore unnecessary.

When it is desired to remove the bulb and to close the bottle so thatthe contents thereof cannot be spilled, either into the exterior or intothe bulb, even if the atomizer and its contents be turned upside down,as sometimes happens in a traveling bag or the like, it has heretoforebeen customary to unscrew the atomizer head and to replace it by astopper adapted tightly to close the opening of the bottle. Thisprocedure involves a number of disadvantages. In the first place, it isnecessary to provide the atomizer with a removable head; the remainingassembly of head and bulb, interconnected by means of a tube, is veryprone to be broken or otherwise damaged; with atomizers wherein the bulbis applied against a plane surface of the bottle, it is first necessaryto move the bulb to an out-of-the-way position to enable it to be turnedaround the bottle in order to unscrew the head; the bottle is completelyopened each time that the head is replaced by the plug or stopper, orvice versa, thus involving an appreciable loss of perfume due toevaporation; finally, the stopper constitutes an additional piece, theappearance of which must have due regard to size, and which iscomparatively expensive.

In accordance with the present invention, it is the tube I4 which isunscrewed, together with the bulb, from the air blowing orifice I5, thetube being replaced by the plug illustrated in Fig. 2.

This plug consists of a rod 29, one end of which is provided with a head30, and the other end with a partially encased rubber plug 3|. Adjacenthead 30, the rod 29 is threaded at 32 to correspond with the threads atthe orifice l5 of the atomizer head 4. A resilient washer 33, thediameter of which is somewhat less than that of the channel l3 whichsurrounds orifice I5, is mounted on rod 29 against head 30, in which itis partly housed.

The plug, thus constituted, is introduced into the atomizer head 4, asshown on Fig. 3. Rod 29 fits into bore H, threaded portion 32 isthreaded into orifice l5, and plug 3| is locked against orifice l2,partly penetrating thereinto and tightly and hermetically closing it,while at the same time washer 33 is clamped in channel [3, hermeticallyclosing orifice I5 as well as orifice 20.

It Will be noted that, in this manner, the bottle is hermetically sealedby the manipulation of one small part, use of which eliminates all theaforementioned disadvantages.

It will be understood that the invention has hereinbefore been disclosedpurely by way of example only, and that numerous details thereof may bemodified without departing from the inventive spirit.

Having disclosed the invention, what is claimed 1s:

Atomizer construction including a receptacle and an atomizer headmounted thereon, said head being provided with an atomizing orifice, anair blowing orifice and an air aspirating orifice, an integral memberclosed at its outer end and separable from said head and shaped tosimultaneously seal all three orifices, one end of said memberconstituting an internal closure for said atomizing orifice, the otherend of said member constituting an external closure for said airaspirating orifice, an intermediate portion of said member extendingthrough said air blowing orifice, said integral means consisting of anelongated rod-like body with an enlarged head at one end thereof, aresilient plug partly housed in said body at the other end thereof and aresilient washer being disposed adjacent said enlarged head and partlyencased thereby, said resilient plug constituting an element of saidinternal closure and said resilient washer constituting an element ofsaid external closure.

GLADYS DE MAUBLANC.

